Hunter Fans 28035 44" Auberville Fan Brushed Nickel Small Ceiling Fan w/ Light

I ordered 2 of these for small bedrooms. They are very nice and quiet even on the highest setting. I have an older house with low ceilings and the light fixture hangs a bit lower than I would like, but over all it's a great fan for a great price.

One bad thing is the way the fan & light control strings are actually strung through holes in the glass. It's weird and ineffective, and makes turning on/off harder since you have friction from metal to glass.

Regarding installation, I had a handy man install 5 ceilings fans in a day, and these only took him 40 minutes.

In the few times I have not gone with a Hunter, I have regretted it. I have always been satisfied with a Hunter fan. I will say that the buzz that some have mentioned is real though.

All the Hunter fans I've purchased so far have this rather annoying mounting system where a large plate is screwed over the ceiling box and you hang the fan from it while doing the wiring. (As opposed to the J-hook design of other, usually cheaper fans.)

Normally this is just a giant pain, because one person has to swing the fan out of your way while working on the wiring. I recently moved into a place that has a "saddle box" in the ceiling. This means there is a joist running through the inside of the box - there is very little room for the wires inside. Unfortunately, the mounting plate, when attached, completely covers the box except for a small hole in the center... directly where the joist is. Though it is possible to squeeze the wires out of the hole, it is not possible to push the completed wiring back into the box.

I've always forgiven Hunter for this crappy design because it's been just one extreme inconvenience up front (stuffing the stiff wires...Read more